PS4 exclusive wins multiple prizes at Gamescom Awards 2019
Dreams named most original game and best PlayStation 4 title
The first set of Gamescom Awards 2019 winners has been announced.
PS4 exclusive Dreams won in two of the three categories it was nominated in, taking home prizes for most original game and best PlayStation 4 title.
However, it lost out to fellow Sony-published PS4 exclusive Concrete Genie in the best family game category.
Elsewhere, Ubisoft scooped two prizes, with Roller Champions named best sports game and Ghost Recon Breakpoint best PC game.
Announced last week, the nominees were selected by a jury consisting of international games journalists and influencers, which will also name a best games company and Gamescom indie award winner on Saturday, August 24 at 3.30pm CEST (2.30pm UK / 9.30am EDT).
Gamescom attendees will be able to vote for winners in the fan award categories: best booth, best eSports experience, best streamer, and most wanted game, which is selected from all the nominated titles.
[Update, Saturday August 24: The final set of Gamescom 2019 Awards winners has been announced, with Dreams winning the best of show award.]
Gamescom Awards 2019 winners:
Best Action Adventure Game
Winner: Blacksad: Under the Skin (Astragon)
Concrete Genie (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo)
Best Action Game
Winner: Doom Eternal (ZeniMax Germany)
Borderlands 3 (2K)
Marvel’s Avengers (Square Enix)
Best Family Game
Winner: Concrete Genie (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Dreams (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo)
Best Racing Game
Winner: Grid (Koch Media)
Hot Wheels Infinite Loop (Mattel)
Need for Speed Heat (Electronic Arts)
Best Role Playing Game
Winner: Wasteland 3 (Koch Media)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)
Pokémon Schwert und Pokémon Schild (Nintendo)
Best Simulation Game
Winner: Planet Zoo (Frontier)
Barotrauma (Daedalic Entertainment)
NBA 2K20 (2K)
Best Sports Game
Winner: Roller Champions (Ubisoft)
FIFA 20 (Electronic Arts)
eFootball PES 2020 (Konami)
Best Strategy Game
Winner: Desperados III (THQ Nordic)
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Microsoft)
Foundation (Polymorph Games)
Most Original Game
Winner: Dreams (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Concrete Genie (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Felix The Reaper (Daedalic Entertainment)
Best Xbox One Game
Winner: Gears 5 (Microsoft)
Bleeding Edge (Microsoft)
Borderlands 3 (2K)
Best Nintendo Switch Game
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo)
Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo)
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield (Nintendo)
Best PlayStation 4 Game
Winner: Dreams (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Concrete Genie (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)
Best Mobile Game
Winner: Battle Chasers: Nightwar (HandyGames)
Hot Wheels Infinite Loop (Mattel)
Lock’s Quest (HandyGames)
Best PC Game
Winner: Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Ubisoft)
Borderlands 3 (2K)
Doom Eternal (ZeniMax Germany)
Dreams, which is currently in early access, is billed as “a platform where you can create anything you can imagine, then share it with the world using just your PS4”.
Developer Media Molecule has said it’s exploring the possibility of monetising user generated Dreams content.
